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rosserial_xbee provides tools to do point to multipoint communication
between rosserial nodes connected to an xbee. All of the nodes
communicate back to a master xbee connected to a computer running
ROS. This software currently only works with Series 1 Xbees.
This pkg includes python code from the python-xbee project:
http://code.google.com/p/python-xbee/

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rosserial_xbee provides tools to do point to multipoint communication
between rosserial nodes connected to an xbee. All of the nodes
communicate back to a master xbee connected to a computer running
ROS. This software currently only works with Series 1 Xbees.
This pkg includes python code from the python-xbee project:
http://code.google.com/p/python-xbee/

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rosserial_xbee provides tools to do point to multipoint communication
between rosserial nodes connected to an xbee. All of the nodes
communicate back to a master xbee connected to a computer running
ROS. This software currently only works with Series 1 Xbees.
This pkg includes python code from the python-xbee project:
http://code.google.com/p/python-xbee/

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rosserial_xbee provides tools to do point to multipoint communication
between rosserial nodes connected to an xbee. All of the nodes
communicate back to a master xbee connected to a computer running
ROS. This software currently only works with Series 1 Xbees.
This pkg includes python code from the python-xbee project:
http://code.google.com/p/python-xbee/

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rosserial_xbee provides tools to do point to multipoint communication
between rosserial nodes connected to an xbee. All of the nodes
communicate back to a master xbee connected to a computer running
ROS. This software currently only works with Series 1 Xbees.
This pkg includes python code from the python-xbee project:
http://code.google.com/p/python-xbee/

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rosserial_xbee provides tools to do point to multipoint communication
between rosserial nodes connected to an xbee. All of the nodes
communicate back to a master xbee connected to a computer running
ROS. This software currently only works with Series 1 Xbees.
This pkg includes python code from the python-xbee project:
http://code.google.com/p/python-xbee/

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rosserial_xbee provides tools to do point to multipoint communication
between rosserial nodes connected to an xbee. All of the nodes
communicate back to a master xbee connected to a computer running
ROS. This software currently only works with Series 1 Xbees.
This pkg includes python code from the python-xbee project:
http://code.google.com/p/python-xbee/

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Documented

Allows multipoint communication between rosserial
nodes connected to an xbee. All nodes communicate back
to a master xbee connected to a computer running ROS.
This software currently only works with Series 1 Xbees.
This pkg includes python code from the python-xbee project:
http://code.google.com/p/python-xbee/

Package Summary

Released

Documented

Allows multipoint communication between rosserial
nodes connected to an xbee. All nodes communicate back
to a master xbee connected to a computer running ROS.
This software currently only works with Series 1 Xbees.
This pkg includes python code from the python-xbee project:
http://code.google.com/p/python-xbee/

Package Summary

Allows multipoint communication between rosserial
nodes connected to an xbee. All nodes communicate back
to a master xbee connected to a computer running ROS.
This software currently only works with Series 1 Xbees.
This pkg includes python code from the python-xbee project:
http://code.google.com/p/python-xbee/

Package Summary

Allows multipoint communication between rosserial
nodes connected to an xbee. All nodes communicate back
to a master xbee connected to a computer running ROS.
This software currently only works with Series 1 Xbees.
This pkg includes python code from the python-xbee project:
http://code.google.com/p/python-xbee/

rosserial_xbee provides a simple way to wirelessly connect custom sensors and actuators to ROS. It creates a point to multi-point network using XBees. Each hardware node uses an XBee and a microcontroller running rosserial to communicate to a network coordinator XBee connected to a ROS computer.

Using rosserial_xbee, you can set up a network of sensors around your home to report back to ROS or just use it to wirelessly control a homebrew robot.

There are two main tools provided : setup_xbee.py and xbee_network.

setup_xbee.py

setup_xbee.py is configuration script for Xbees. It takes factory fresh xbee and programs it to work with your rosserial network. If XBee is not factory fresh, use Digi's X-CTU software to program it.

./setup_xbee.py [options] port my_adr
port : serial port of port of the xbee (/dev/ttyUSB0)
my_adr: MY address is the 16 bit address of this xbee in the
network. This must be a unique address in the network.
This address is always 0 for the coordinator.
Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-P PAN_ID, --pan_id=PAN_ID
Pan ID of the xbee network. This ID must be the same
for all XBees in your network.
-c CHANNEL, --channel=CHANNEL
Frequency channel for the xbee network. The channel
value must be the same for all XBees in your network.
-C, --coordinator Configures the XBee as Coordinator for the network.
Only make the XBee connected to the computer a
coordiantor

xbee_network.py

This node connects to the master xbee, takes the rosserial communication from all of the rosserial devices and forwards it to the rest of ROS. It subscribes / publishes any topic requested by its hardware nodes

./xbee_network.py <xbee_serial_port> ID1 [ ID2 ID3 ....]

To run xbee_network.py, supply as arguments to the scrip the xbee's serial port and the ID # of all of the hardware node xbees. These IDs were programed into the xbee using setup_xbee.py or Digi's X-CTU software.